19 Stories To Learn About Ycombinator

25 Jul 2023

Let's learn about Ycombinator via these 19 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

1. How Silicon Valley Bank Went Under - And the Tech Execs Who Stepped Up

As small-scale startups scrambled to make payroll while the future of the tech industry stood threatened, many of its prominent leaders looked for ways to help.

2. Mighty App: Fad or Rad?

The Mighty App promises a lot and it might seem like a waste of money but, thanks to some quirks, it can be very useful when it comes to downloading at speed.

3. From Graduating College to Raising $1+ Million Dollars in 9 months

I was studying Mechanical Engineering in my final year at college in the UK when I joined my roommate and his friend in building an app called Cluttr they started developing in the Summer of 2017.

4. How We Applied Twice for the Same YCombinator Batch

Back in September, we were iterating on many ideas. We had come up with a 2-day invalidation process to make sure that we were not wasting too much time on bad ideas.

5. How We Pivoted 3 times In The 1st Month of YC

If you ever think about joining YC, be intentional about the value you want to get from it.

6. Five Tips for Applying to YC 2021

Tips and resources for applying to Y Combinator

7. How to Prepare for your Y Combinator Interview

Tick tock, it’s the day the YC interview invitation is sent out. I remember anxiously waiting for my startup’s (Cotter) invite.

8. Top 5 Podcasts for Startup Founders

Top 5 Podcasts for Startup Founders in December packed with first-hand industry experience.

9. How Serverless Empowered Us to Accomplish More with Less

We explore how we use Serverless at Courier, review some Serverless basics, and show how Serverless has empowered our team to accomplish more w

10. The 10 Things I’ve Learned Attending Y Combinator Startup School 2020

Y Combinator shouldn’t need any presentation, but just in case, let me give a quick intro.

11. Releaf: Evolution of African Agritech

Releaf is Y-combinator African startup who are an agritech and supply chain startup. They do B2B work, digital banking, aid and geo-spatial tech for farmers.

12. How My Startup Got New Funding from Andreessen Horowitz

We are very excited to announce that we have raised a new round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Y Combinator Continuity.

13. The Top 4 Startup Accelerators: Is Y Combinator Still the Best?

Where is the next Facebook, Google or Postmates coming from and why you shouldn’t choose Y Combinator? A comparison of the world’s top 4 startup accelerators

14. The Ultimate Guide to YCombinator Interview Preparation

During my own preparation for Winter 2018 class interviews, I’ve reviewed every public resource on the topic and did over 20 practice interviews with Y Combinator alums. Everything I’ve learned is summarized below. This guide is my personal take and doesn’t represent an official position of YC.